Setting Sail

"Luffy! I am going to kill you!" Li Ziming was sprawled across the Thousand Sunny. Nearby, Nami lay flat on the deck, directing Chopper to steer. Chopper was completely draped over the wheel, using his own body weight to maneuver it. Brook's soul had completely drifted out of his body, while Pedro leaned against the ship's rail, feeling more grateful for the beauty of life than ever before. Pekoms collapsed on the ship, staring up at the clear sky.

"Thank goodness, I'm still alive! Thank you!" Pekoms said, full of gratitude, though his expression shifted the next second. "Straw Hat, you just wait!"

"Why are you all so listless! This is so boring!" Luffy hopped around the ship in considerable dissatisfaction, and suddenly a hatch on the deck flipped open, causing Luffy to plunge right through it.

"Luffy! You'd better settle down!" Edward said in extreme annoyance, because jumping straight down from Zunesha's back had left almost everyone's legs trembling like jelly. Moreover, if Edward hadn't reacted at the very last moment, the whole bunch of them probably would have sunk to the bottom of the ocean along with Jinbe.

"Jeez, you guys are all such cowards..." Luffy ran out of the cabin again, looking at everyone with the expression of someone gazing at cowards.

"I've decided..." Li Ziming slowly sat up. "Luffy, your meals from now on will consist only of vegetables!" Li Ziming said through gritted teeth. He had stopped Luffy back on Zunesha's back precisely to keep him from doing anything reckless, yet he never expected that whatever Usopp and the others had said would make Luffy actually dare to ignore the threat of food. Li Ziming decided to punish him so simply.

"Humph!" Luffy made a face at Li Ziming. "I couldn't care less! Usopp and